I noticed the propensity of buildings made of brick. Lots of open space, and lots of brick houses. We hardly have any brick houses in California because they have this distressing tendency to crumble and fall during earthquakes. I also learned they still use miles in the UK (Canada uses kilometres). We stopped at a rest stop, where I picked up another diet Coke and some sugar free shortbread.
We arrived at the con around the same time as

We grabbed dinner at the hotel, then since the packets needed stuffing,